Most crops cannot survive in saline soil. Halophytes thrive there. At HALO-TEX, we are investigating how these remarkable plants can become a sustainable source of biomaterials and biochemicals for the textile sector, and our new newsletter is your window into that journey.
Why a newsletter, and why now?
One year into the project, there is a lot to share. Our first edition brings together the latest progress, videos and activities from HALO-TEX in one place. It is designed for everyone interested in the future of textiles, from the lab to the factory floor to the policy table. The first edition introduces HALO-TEX's objectives, its cascading biorefinery approach and the consortium behind it. It also features three new videos on halophytes, a researcher spotlight from EUBCE 2026 and highlights from our collaboration with related projects such as BioFibreLoop and pHYBi. Readers can also access our halophyte infographic and other communication materials.
A reader's guide to Issue #1
If you are new to halophytes…
Start with our three new videos. Discover how these salt-resistant plants are being investigated as a novel biorefinery feedstock, learn three fascinating facts from Mette Hedegaard Thomsen (Aalborg University), and hear Jakob Lykke Stein (Halorefine) explain why halophytes may be our best hope for tackling soil salinization, one of the biggest threats to global food security. Then download our halophyte infographic for the essentials at a glance.
If you follow the research…
Meet Elena Merli (Next Technology Tecnotessile), who presented HALO-TEX's circular biorefinery approach at EUBCE 2026, the European Biomass Conference & Exhibition, in The Hague. Her poster showed how climate-resilient sea plants can be transformed into sustainable textile and bio-based materials.
If you want to know who is behind it…
Get to know the 10 partner organisations combining academic and industrial expertise to make HALO-TEX possible. You can also go behind the scenes of our consortium meeting at Wageningen University & Research, where all partners reviewed a year of progress and planned the next steps.
If you are building the bigger picture…
HALO-TEX does not work alone. Find out how we collaborate with related projects such as BioFibreLoop and pHYBi, and catch up on news from our network, including pHYBi's latest practice abstract on digital technologies for more precise phytoremediation.
This is just the beginning
Project progress at a glance
HALO-TEX brings together 10 partner organisations combining academic and industrial expertise. One year into the project, the full consortium gathered on 16-17 June 2026 at Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands for two days of collaboration, reflection and forward planning. Partners reviewed a year of progress and built on the connections driving the development of sustainable textiles, biocomposites and high-value biochemicals from halophyte feedstocks.
Future editions will keep following HALO-TEX as it grows. In the meantime, you can follow us on LinkedIn, Bluesky and YouTube.
Read the first edition of the HALO-TEX newsletter: Growing something new: Welcome to the first HALO-TEX Newsletter | LinkedIn